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Gun toting mamma

So a friend and I were thinking about what we were going to do when our kids are out of the house. I mean really, after spending an hour cleaning house, throwing in some laundry, grocery shopping, and cooking what else am I going to do. It's not like that will take all day. With two people it takes only a couple loads of laundry. There's barely enough dishes to run the dishwasher twice a week. What am I going to do? I really have no idea. That's where the national guard came in. I figured that I could pass basic training. I looked at the physical requirements and I was quite capable of that. The age requirements, I was still able to get in. The husband requirement: definitely absolutely not! So I was lamenting to my friend what am I going to do. We needed just a little excitement too. I think I'm having a midlife crisis and there isn't a sports car showing up in my drive way. We came up with the idea of shooting. I've shot BB guns, pellet guns and .22 rifles but never a hand gun.

So I texted John and went to Yeagers to purchase a hand gun. I didn't realize that they were that expensive and then I had no idea what kind to get. The lady behind the counter asked why I wanted it. Protection maybe? No. Why would I need protection? I'm a middle-aged, van-driving, homeschooling mother of three kids. It's not like I'm attracting that kind of attention. No I just wanted to shoot something. This lady was nice and kind and pointed me to the Plantation Range in Bellingham. They rent guns. Perfect. You pay a day use, rent a gun and buy the ammo. I grabbed my friend and her husband and to the range we went. The guy let us rent a Sig, a glock and a Browning. The Sig and glock were 9mm. Way to big and loud for me. The Browning was perfect. I could load the clip fire off 10 rounds and take out the clip. I learned how to carry the gun, and hold it without scrapping skin off my thumb. I think I know what I want for my birthday. Another friend told me that a Ruger .22 was a good handgun. Anyone have suggestions please let me know. I'm wanting to take a class maybe in October.